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<< Our Photo Pages >> Loch Quien Crannog - Crannog in Scotland in Isle of Bute

Submitted by durhamnature on Saturday, 15 September 2012  Page Views: 4048

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Loch Quien Crannog
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Crannog

Map Ref: NS06185929
Latitude: 55.787942N  Longitude: 5.092819W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Skryabin visited on 10th Jun 2023 - their rating: Amb: 3 Reed bed off the south side of the loch mark the place of the Crannog(artificial island and causeway) now completely submerged. Viewed from the boathouse. Farmland surrounds the loch and there is no access to the site.

Loch Quien Crannog
Loch Quien Crannog submitted by Skryabin : Site in Isle of Bute Scotland. Loch Quien (Vote or comment on this photo)
Crannog in Isle of Bute

Crannog, a fort on an island with a causeway to the mainland.
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Loch Quien Crannog
Loch Quien Crannog submitted by durhamnature : 1843 drawing from J K Hewison's " The Isle of Bute in the Olden Days" via archive.org Site in Isle of Bute Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS0658 : Looking Towards Quien Hill by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2011(licence)
NS0658 : Loch Quien, Isle of Bute by Billy McCrorie
by Billy McCrorie
©2014(licence)
NS0559 : Bute,  Quien Hill by william craig
by william craig
©2006(licence)
NS0658 : Loch Quien by Thomas Nugent
by Thomas Nugent
©2013(licence)
NS0658 : Loch Quien by Thomas Nugent
by Thomas Nugent
©2013(licence)

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